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Comment #49237091
Our level 4 lockdown didn't last very long. The strictness index (which is what I'm assuming you're referring to) varied over time as the response changed.
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Comment #49236785
Not really. The international border quarantine was quite extreme, but the rest of the country was (mostly) business as normal.
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Comment #49178296
>Anything subsidized is destructive in the long run. The only reason sprawling suburbs can exist is because they are subsidized by inner cities. Building and maintaining miles of r…
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Comment #48928514
>Which to me, just means the manually done cutscenes was a waste of time? In fact in most situations pre-AI you'd foist this task on "that one friend" who's good with Movie Maker o…
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Comment #48928132
And yet people still prefer it over AI slop.
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Comment #48900104
Is this satire? The infinitely scrolling marquee makes me feel like it is.
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Comment #48838595
>left wing == gay people supremacy Yeah I can see why LLMs don't reflect your world view (it's fucking stupid)
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Comment #48767002
Those graphs are about income, not wealth.
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Comment #48681107
"Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later, that debt is paid."
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Comment #48576753
What if its just self selection? Conservatives spread propaganda about woke universities -> conservative kids are less likely to go. Do this for decades and you end up in the situa…
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Comment #48548069
What if they just like writing code?
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Comment #48439640
>more of the same >different players and different methods doesn't really sound the same to me but I guess we can just agree to disagree
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Comment #48439273
We should march head-first into a new exciting bad thing without question because the other bad thing was bad. Incredible argument
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Comment #48439117
No I didn't even imply that actually.
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Comment #48439112
What is this even supposed to mean? It is considerably easier to manipulate someone if you have a lot of data about them, yes.
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Comment #48438937
The article mentions basically all major social media though. Besides, even if it was just about twitter, it can only take a small portion of the population to swing an election. W…
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Comment #48438906
The article is literally about how megacorp controlled algorithms are shaping our politics and this is your take away?
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Comment #48438865
Closing your eyes doesn't make things go away.
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Comment #48405566
Do you work for Anthropic or something? You seem weirdly invested in defending bad decisions. Even if you're and AI booster, shouldn't you want a better UI? They're a multi billion…
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Comment #48351003
Yeah but could this be because people are more likely to go to ER in countries with free healthcare? I've been to the ER in my country because of abnormal stomach pain. Obviously I…
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Comment #48342165
Whether it's possible or not is not really relevant. All I'm saying is that if you were shown undeniable proof that you were in a simulation I think it would change how you felt ab…
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Comment #48332349
>You enjoy the warmth of the sun, the cool of a breeze, the sound of a running stream, the majesty of mountains and oceans, the power of storms. These all evoke the sense and appre…
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Comment #48231014
The what class?